Job Description
JOB OVERVIEW
- Profession: Nurse Practitioner
- Specialty: NP - Critical Care
- Job Type: Locum Tenens
- Location: Suffolk, Virginia
- Service Setting: Inpatient
- Coverage Type: Clinical Only
- Coverage Period: Aug 13, 2026 - Ongoing
- Shift Schedule: Fri - Tue, 7p - 8a (13-hour shifts)
- Reason for Coverage: Coverage while credentialing new providers
- Travel, Lodging, and Malpractice Insurance: Covered
- July: Day shift (7a-8p) - 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 16-23; Night shift (7p-8a) - 24-27
- August: Day shift (7a-8p) - 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 11, 17, 20, 21, 27; Night shift (7p-8a) - 15-17
- September: Day shift (7a-8p) - 9, 10, 12, 13, 22, 23, 24, 26, 29, 30
- October: Day shift (7a-8p) - 6-9, 12, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 26-31; Night shift (7p-8a) - 9, 10, 11
- November: Day shift (7a-8p) - 1-5, 14, 15, 18-25, 27, 30; Night shift (7p-8a) - 23-25
- Patient Demographics: Adult
- Average Daily Volume: 13 (range 1-20)
- Admissions: Yes, admitting new critical care patients
- EMR System: EPIC
- Support Staff Available: RTs
- Hospital Privileges Required: Yes
- Temporary Privileges Available: Yes
- Credentialing Timeline: 2-4 weeks
- Central venous lines (CVLs)
- Hemodialysis catheters (HD caths)
- Arterial lines
- Board: Board Certified NP
- Licenses: Active Virginia License; Active DEA Certification
- Certifications: BLS, ACLS
- Experience: Critical care experience required
- Other Qualifications: Availability to cover listed dates and monthly coverage; Clean background for temporary privileges
- Vent management with assistance of RTs
- Monitoring of admitting critical care patients / availability to assist with decompensating patients overnight
- Admitting new critical care patients from the ED, hospital floor, and several surrounding hospitals
- Procedures such as central lines, arterial lines, and dialysis catheters
- Updating family/goals of care when patients decompensate overnight
